As I looked at the school libraries on Facebook, I found two that I thought were interesting: John H. Wood Middle School and Roosevelt Wilson Elementary.
John H. Wood library Facebook page has pictures of the activities that the library and the school have, book selections, Book Fair reminder, and a map of the location and how to get there. I only found one comment on this Facebook page about a book choice that was shown for summer reading. The advantages that I see about having a Facebook page for the library are that it has good reminders of the activities that are going on and it lets people see what has been going on at the school and at the library. I would think that it would be a great incentive to get people to want to enroll at the school. The disadvantage that I see to this page is that it seems to be too busy and it could possibly be confusing for people who are looking for specific activities.
Roosevelt Wilson Elementary library Facebook page has pictures of activities , both school and community, how to get free books, reminders of school, library, and community events. I found thirty comments on this Facebook page. I believe it has something to do with the fact that it is an elementary school and not a middle school. As I have seen with working at an elementary school this past year, the parents are more involved with their children than at the middle school. The advantages that I see about this page are that it is good for getting the word out about what is going on at the school and the pictures of the different events will help people decide where to send their children if they are looking for a school for their children. The disadvantages are being too busy, there are old posts on it, and it could get confusing when looking at it. What I mean by too busy is that there is too much material to look at.
It did give me ideas for my own Facebook page for my school library.
What would be a good way to tell folks about your FaceBook page? It's not intuitive yet to think schools use FB, so as a parent how would you find out about your page? Just long-range thinking~
ReplyDeleteI noticed the same things as I was browsing - the elementary pages had much more interaction as far as likes and comments than the upper level grades. I think it would definitely take some marketing at all grade levels to get people to learn about/follow the page. At my school there is a PTO Facebook page, so maybe that would be a good place to start promoting.
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ReplyDeleteDr. Gross and Peers,
ReplyDeleteI think a good way to tell folks about a schools library page would be to send out bulletins, send out messages via remind101, send out messages via the school telephone message system, have teachers include it in their weekly newsletters, and promote, promote, promote. Once one parent likes the page, usually if they are friends with other parents, it will alert them of what a person has just liked, thus creating a possible chain.